How insecure can you be? Everyone was ordering beers but I didn’t feel like drinken, so I ordered tea. I guess my masculinity is in shambles right now.
Guys, drink whatever you want.
Just do what xi Jinping did at the Two Sessions, and order a second cup.
According to Highly Credible Western Analysts™, that’s a power move.
That is the look of a man who doesn’t give a god damn fuck what any westerner thinks of him and is also about to enjoy a second cup of tea, respect
Me sitting at home with five mugs of tea, constantly making them one after another, am I also pulling a power move?
one big glass of soy milk, please
“Free thinkers” when you don’t get the diesel resin charcoal roasted flavored hard liquor
Makes me think about a shampoo bottle I saw at my parents once. It was for men and it had a picture of an explosion on it. It was called ‘extreme shampoo’ and it smelled like ‘wood and fire’ or something like that. It had a nice smell which reminded me of the forest, but the bottle itself was just comical.
Make your own mint teas instead. Grow your own mint (it grows very easily and will overtake your garden if you don’t pot it), add 1 part mint leaves 1 part green tea to a teapot, boiling water, steep 2-3 minutes, and you have Moroccan mint tea. Normally you should also drown it in sugar but I prefer my tea without any sugar.
It’s weird what we consider to be “manly”. Mint tea is a favourite in Morocco and the rest of North Africa and they had the Berber raiders and Hannibal.
Just watered my very own mint plant :)
Can’t take it to a bar unfortunately. At least not to make tea.
I work in hospitality, and we actually get guests who bring their own tea leaves sometimes to our restaurants. For liability reasons we won’t brew it for them, but we will provide them hot water and a teapot to do themselves if they want. Not sure anyone has brought in mint, but I imagine we would let them.
I was wrong on the proportions, from what I remember it’s the usual amount of green tea (1 teaspoon per cup) and then just kinda fill the rest of the steeper with mint. I have a teapot with a bigger steeper to make 1l at a time, it’s not an exact science lol. I also used to make it with just mint and it gives it more bite
The idea of brewing your own tea (or any food) with ingredients that you’ve grown yourself is just really cool to me, for some reason.
Not growing the entirety of my own food, but I do grow most all of my own herbs for cooking. Most herbs are pretty easy to grow and it’s nice to know I will always have some (very) fresh herbs on hand.
Includes some mint that does quite often get used for tea.
Give it a try. Mint is really easy. Basil is also easy, and technically related to mint anyway. Even if you don’t have much space, you can do those on an apartment balcony still. Bonus, mint naturally keeps away some types of insects that we normally consider pests.
well the tea leaves might be a bit more difficult to get since tea bushes need a very specific climate to grow*
But personally having done it with mint, it’s not cottagecore vibes in my case lol. I could get mint at the store and it would be most of the same (although I think I have Moroccan mint which is the best one imo and I can’t always get it fresh at the store), it’s just that growing it I always have leaves for my needs without needing a trip to the store, at least when it’s in season lol
Think I’m gonna go make mint ice tea now though 🤔
